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there. We now have 38 homes in the Fairview community. We've had, I think, a really significant impact in operating and revitalizing that community. We like to think that we build a very high-quality home. Our construction director is a perfectionist and over the years he has really contributed to the overall improvement of our home and our home construction. Currently, all of our homes are built to bronze level certification under the National Homebuilder's Association Rebuilding Certification Program. We were actually on the Homebuilder's Green Tour this past weekend. As part of the green building, all of our homes are Energy Star certified and we've been doing that since 2002. Our houses are very, very energy efficient, and on average, our homeowners are guaranteed a monthly heating and cooling bill of$30 a month. Some of the other features, I think Mr. Harvey mentioned that we install fire safety sprinklers in all of our homes. That's a partnership of the local fire departments that donate their labor, which makes our homes some of the safest homes in the County. We also use universal design crystals so that homeowners can age in place. We try and make our homes as low maintenance as possible with concrete porches, we use 20-year roof shingles, things like that, so we really minimize the cost. And, finally, I'll just mention that we're starting a new program called A Brush with Kindness that works on existing homes for people that own their own homes that are unable to do exterior maintenance and care, such as landscaping, to fixing a roof, to putting on a ramp. We'll be extending that program to the Efland community and hopefully we can have an impact beyond just building houses. Tracy Parrott: My name is Tracy Parrott with Summit Consulting. I'm here to present the current site plan for the Tinnin Woods planned development in Efland. We thank you for your time. Some of the first slides I have here are a bit repetitive given what was already presented, but again an aerial view of the site and some of the surrounding landmarks such as Efland-Cheeks Elementary School. Our site is located off Schoolhouse Road and Tinnin Road right at the intersection. Through the process tonight, I asked Ms. Levy to pass out one document for entrance into the public record and that is the impact analysis, the property value impact analysis. Also, you've already received the revised application packet. We're asking that these be entered into the public record. The properties that we are proposing to develop, the Habitat property owner, are two individual adjoining parcels that total about nine acres. They're outlined there on the screen. At the western corner of the site, there is a jurisdictional stream at that corner of the property with a small wetland right in the corner of the property. Likewise, on the southeastern portion of the property is the beginning of a stream and small wetlands as well in that location. The typography of the property, the highest point of the property is just off the end of Schoolhouse Road where the property then falls toward the stream and the northwestern corner of the property. To the east, the property falls toward the previously mentioned to the southeastern corner of the property. The property is largely wooded. There are some abandoned structures. There are a couple of abandoned mobile homes in this area and throughout the wooded area there are a couple of abandoned framed dwellings. There are some associated or accumulated debris piles.